Ammo Williams Overcomes Volny; Berlanga Stops Gonzalez-Ortiz In One Round
Austin ‘Ammo’ Williams won a hard-fought unanimous decision win against Patrice Volny in their middleweight clash.
Williams started the fight on the offensive by pushing his man back with his jabs to the body. Volny maintained a high guard, forcing Williams to find a way through. The challenger was boxing on the outside, trying to avoid engaging too much. Patrice switched things up in the third round, using his jab by coming forward. A right connected for Volny in the fourth before Williams countered with a left.
As the fight moved into the second half, it was still fairly competitive. Volny’s jab was finding more success in the seventh and eighth, as Volny was turning up the heat. Williams’ corner sensed that the momentum was changing as they urged their man to throw more. Williams started to let his hands go. He countered Volny in the ninth with a two-punch combo.
Decision
However, Volny was going nowhere. He landed a big right hand and a right uppercut before Williams connected with a left. However, Williams started to sit down on his punches from the tenth onwards, as he did enough to edge out a decision. However, the scorecards did not tell the full story: 118-110, 116-112, 115-113.
“This is what we trained for, tough guys who come to win. I came to beat him strategically. He was very smart. I had to lean on my experience. Guys with a high guard, they have the ability to lean back, so sometimes you try to press them and they take a step back and then they can throw even bigger punches. Kevin Cunningham told me to keep pushing him back. If he hadn’t told me that, I would have lost that fight. I can’t thank my coach enough. He’s the reason I won that fight,” Williams said
Berlanga’s Stoppage
In chief support, Edgar Berlanga took just one round to stop Jonathan Gonzalez-Ortiz. Berlanga dropped his man three times with shots to the head before the referee stopped the right. It was the perfect response to Berlanga’s first loss to Canelo Alvarez in the fight before. But in truth, he will have to fight tougher opposition moving forward. He called out the big names, targeting Jermall Charlo, Caleb Plant, Jaime Munguia and Canelo for the rematch.
“Yeah, they love me from the Canelo fight. The whole staff at PBC, they love me. I sold the hell out of that fight [Canelo Alvarez], and I brought that charisma. I brought a great fight for the fans, and now I’m a veteran. I’m up there with the best. I got to go out there and perform now. Caleb Plant. We want [Jaime] Munguia. We want Jermall Charlo. Plant, you’re a b****. I got him out of there early and now I’m onto the next one,” Berlanga said
Full Card
Austin Williams def. Patrice Volny via UD (118-110, 116-112, 115-113)
Edgar Berlanga def. Jonathan Gonzalez-Ortiz via 1st-round TKO (2:31)
Omari Jones def. Alessio Mastronunzio via 2nd-round TKO (0:22)
Jamaine Ortiz def. Yomar Alamo via UD (99-91, 99-91, 98-92)
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